A/N: Here we go with the second chapter:) enjoy!

His first impression of Naruto… well, he didn't really have one. He had seen him thousands of times during his ANBU shifts, his errands… and generally, their paths crossed almost every week. It doesn't mean Naruto has ever seen him though.

And here he was again: smiling, laughing, shouting, noisy and childish as always. Just in front of Kakashi.

It's not that he had never thought about all of this mess before their first meeting as Team Seven, it's just… that until then he tried to avoid this troublesome topic. He couldn't anymore.

Minato-sensei's and Kushina's son was sitting before him, looking at him somehow cheerfully, oblivious that his new sensei knew more about him that he knew about himself. Poor kid.

When Kyuubi attacked the village, Kakashi was fourteen and ANBU. He was aware of Kushina's pregnancy, aware of all the troubles around her giving birth. But everything happened in a blink of an eye: one day Minato-sensei invited him for dinner in his house in the next evening. NEXT EVENING. No one knew. No one could know. Somebody could only PREDICT that something might go wrong, but that the Fourth Hokage would die? That the attack would happen? Oh, no. Not at all. Instead of coming to their place for dinner, he broke in their house and took some of his sensei's and his wife belongings, cause he wanted to have some memento of them. They wouldn't mind.

And he knew who Naruto was, he belonged to ANBU after all.

Kakashi considered taking the little blonde under his care for a long time. But at first he was simply too young. No one would entrust a baby (who was the Kyuubi weilder) to a teenager, no matter how good of a shinobi he was. So he decided to wait. Naruto has been placed in the orphanage, he had somebody to look after him.

But in age of five, the orphanage refused to keep Naruto and the Hokage decided that the boy would live in a small apartment. All alone. Kakashi got to know about it by accident, but it was no secret among the ANBU agents. The following years were flowing and Naruto's ANBU guards were changing every day and every night. So yeah, Kakashi did see Naruto quite often, like three-four times a week. And of course he thought again about getting custody of him, but… well, there surely were some buts, there had to be, right? Because he DIDN'T take him in.

He left ANBU, failed two genin teams, he was doing… he didn't even know what exactly, but suddenly he got Team Seven under his wings and Naruto was one of its members. And all Kakashi knew was that Minato-sensei would be very, very disappointed with him. Because if Minato'd been still alive, he would've made sure that Kakashi, his only remaining student, became a big brother to his son. And he certainly would expect from Kakashi to take care of Naruto should something happen to him or Kushina, maybe not that Kakashi would adopt Naruto, but just… well, look after him in a way, from time to time. Or at least show some care.

No. He failed him. And he knew it just too well. So he promised himself that he would never ever let Naruto out of his sight again.

If it was that easy. Naruto was a troublemaker. Team Seven failed a couple of D-ranks just because of his messiness. Naruto was reckless and even if Kakashi knew that from the very beginning, a mission in Wave had to happen to show him just HOW reckless the boy really was. Generally, the unexpected A-rank in Waves left a mark on him for the rest of his life. It was the moment when he finally understood what being a teacher meant. He couldn't sleep well afterwards. Having seen his three students at the edge of death was somehow different than seeing some of his ANBU subordinates getting hurt or even killed. Spare Tenzo.

He also found out what having a child under your care means, he had two orphans under himself.

He didn't want to enter his kids to the Chuunin Exams. Something just didn't seem right and he DIDN'T want them to take it, but knowing that the other rookies were going to participate, he nominated his team. Of course he regretted it…

And again, everything happen so fast after the Oto attack in Konoha. Suddenly, the nature of his two male student's rivalry changed and it wasn't a simple competitiveness anymore, it was a pure hostility. He missed the right moment to stop this, late as usually. And guess what, he MISSED the night when Sasuke left the village. He was AWAY from Konoha and he couldn't go after him. So what, so NARUTO went after Sasuke, Sasuke almost killed him and all Kakashi has done was finding Naruto and carrying him back home. Before he got a new bunch of high-ranked missions, he managed to officially transfer Naruto to Jiraiya. And then he left. With no word of farewell to his student.

Seeing him again on the roof of the Hokage Tower warmed his heart. Having the second bell test with Naruto and Sakura warmed his heart too. He was just happy to be with them again. Time was passing, Sasuke didn't come back, and Kakashi decided that the moment has come. He had a great idea for Naruto's training and he was going to realize it. Soon, the rasenshuriken came to life and he was just too proud of Naruto's accomplishment.

Pain's attack. An interesting experience, indeed: Kakashi died, met his father, talked to him, woke up and… well, the mess finished and 'Naruto the demon boy' turned into 'Naruto the village hero'. Everybody, EVERYBODY loved him. The joy didn't last long though, as Sasuke's matter came to view again. Naruto underwent a mental breakdown, which Kakashi couldn't really deal with. Then the fight against their former Uchiha teammate happened. Then they were back in Konoha. And then the war started. They were fighting for Naruto, for his life and to Kakashi this war was personal by all means. As always, Naruto gave some inspiring speeches, which let him take part in fights, which convinced the Kyuubi (now Kurama) to join them against Madara, which finally dragged Obito (who WAS ALIVE) back on their side. At the end he fought Sasuke and returned him to the Leaf.

Just after all this mess Kakashi realized that he met Minato-sensei again. And to be honest, he was relieved that they didn't have much time to talk because he would never ever explain himself from what he didn't do for Naruto during his childhood. Bless the dizziness and the injuries he got.

Now there wasn't much left from Naruto's clumsiness, recklessness and impulsiveness. He was the biggest hero who, along with his many friends, created a new shinobi world. He was going to become a Kage one day… well, if Kakashi agrees. But he knew he would.

A/N: I hope you liked this one as much as the first part. Thank you for all the reviews, followings and favorites and see you in the last chapter;)